[AfrL] Mark C. Williams
Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail:Mark C. Williams
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[LAMAS-NEO] Gerardo Lamas
Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[LEPIFORUM] Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
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Aurivillius, 1903
Verzeichnis einer Schmetterlingssamlung aus dem Katanga-Gebiete im südwestlichen Theile des Congostaates
Ark. Zool. 1
: 245-254
Bethune-Baker, 1908
Descriptions of new Rhopalocera from the Upper Congo
Ann. Mag. nat. hist. (8) 2 (12)
: 469-482
Butler, 1877
Descriptions of several African and Australian Lepidoptera in the collection of the British Museum
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19 (114)
: 458-562
[BAFR]; D'Abrera, 1980
Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: -
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Druce, 1905
Descriptions of some new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera, collected by Mr. Harold Cookson, in Northern Rhodesia, in 1903 and 1904
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1905 (2)
: 251-262, pl. 13
Hewitson, 1866
Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson
Ill. exot. Butts [4]
: (Systematic Index) IV,
(Clerome): [1-2], pl. [1] (1863),
(Drusilla & Hyantis): [3-4], pl. [2] (1862),
(Dasyophthalma & Thaumantis): [5-6], pl. [3] (1862),
(Morpho I): [7-8], pl. [4] (1856),
(Pavonia I-II): [9-10], pl. [5-6] (1877),
(Opsiphanes): [11-12], pl. [7] (1873),
(Corades): [13-14], pl. [8] (1863),
(Pronophila): [15-16], pl. [9] (1857),
(Pronophila II): [17-18], pl. [10] (1860),
(Pronophila III-IV): [19-22], pl. [11-12] (1868),
(Pronophila V): [23-24], pl. [13] (1871),
(Pronophila VI-VII): [25-28], pl. [14-15] (1872),
(Pronophila VIII-IX): [29-32], pl. [16-17] (1874),
(Debis I): [33-34], pl. [18] (1862),
(Debis II-III): [35-38], pl. [19-20] (1863),
(Haetera): [39-40], pl. [21] (1860),
(Daedalma): [41-42], pl. [22] (1858),
(Euptychia & Ragadia): [43-44], pl. [23] (1862),
(Hypocista): [45-46], pl. [24] (1863),
(Mycalesis I-IV): [47-54], pl. [25-28] (1862),
(Mycalesis V-VI): [55-58], pl. [29-30] (1864),
(Mycalesis VII-VIII): [59-62], pl. [31-32] (1866),
(Mycalesis IX): [63-64], pl. [33] (1873),
(Mycalesis & Idiomorphus): [65-66], pl. [34] (1877),
(Idiomorphus): [67-68], pl. [35] (1865),
(Melanitis): [69-70], pl. [36] (1863),
(Taxila): [71-72], pl. [37] (1861),
(Taxila II): [73-74], pl. [38] (1862),
(Sospita): [75-76], pl. [39] (1861),
(Sospita II): [77-78], pl. [40] (1862),
(Dodona Sospita): [79-80], pl. [41] (1866),
(Mesosemia I): [81-82], pl. [42] (1857),
(Mesosemia II-III): [83-86], pl. [43-44] (1858),
(Mesosemia IV-VI): [87-92], pl. [45-47] (1859),
(Mesosemia VII-VIII): [93-96], pl. [48-49] (1860),
(Mesosemia IX-X): [97-100], pl. [50-51] (1870),
(Mesosemia XI): [101-102], pl. [52] (1871),
(Mesosemia XII): [103-104], pl. [53] (1873),
(Eurygona I-II): [105-108], pl. [54-55] (1853),
(Eurygona III-IV): [109-112], pl. [56-57] (1855),
(Eurygona V-VII): [113-118], pl. [58-60] (1856),
(Eurygona VIII): [119-120], pl. [61] (1860),
(Eurygona IX): [121-122], pl. [62] (1870),
(Eurygona X): [123-124], pl. [63] (1872)
Hewitson, 1877
Descriptions of new species of RhopaloceraEnt. mon. Mag. 14
: 107-108
Karsch, 1893
Die Insecten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). 1. Abtheilung: Apterygota, Odonata, Orthoptera Saltatoria,Lepidoptera Rhopalocera
Berl. ent. Z. 38 (1/2)
: 1-266, pl. 1-6
Karsch, 1894
Einige neue afrikanische Tagfalter aaus den Familien der Nymphaliden, Acraeïden, Danaïdiden und Satyriden
Ent. Nachr. 20 (14/15)
: 209-240
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history
Butterflies of Kenya
Lathy, 1906
A Contribution towards the knowledge of African Rhopalocera
Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1906 (1)
: 1-10, pl. 1-2
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Overlaet, 1955
Exploration du Parc National d l'Upemba
Miss. de Witte 27
: 1-106
Plötz, 1880
Verzeichniss der von Professor Dr. R. Bucholz in West-Africa gesammelten Schmetterlinge
Stettin ent. Ztg 41
(1-3): 76-88,
(4-6): 189-206,
(7-9): 298-307
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Staudinger, [1888]
Exotische Tagfalter in sysmatischer Reihenfolge mit Berücksichtigung neuer Arten
in Staudinger & Schatz, Exot. Schmett. 1
(1): 3-6, pl. 1-5 (1884),
(2): 7-10, pl. 6-10 (1884),
(3): 11-14, pl. 11-15 (1884),
(4): 15-22, pl. 16-20 (1884),
(5): 23-30, pl. 21-25 (1884),
(6): 31-38, pl. 26-30 (1884),
(7): 39-46, pl. 31-35 (1885),
(8): 47-58, pl. 30-40 (1885),
(9): 59-82, pl. 41-50 (1885),
(10): 83-102, pl. 51-60 (1885),
(11): 103-122, pl. 61-65 (1886),
(12): 123-138, pl. 66-70 (1886),
(13): 139-158, pl. 71-75 (1886),
(14): 159-174, pl. 76-80 (1886),
(15): 175-194, pl. 81-85 (1887),
(16): 195-214, pl. 86-90 (1887),
(17): 215-234, pl. 91-95 (1887),
(18): 235-270, pl. 96-98 (1888),
(19): 1-2,271-333, pl. 99-100 (1888)
Strand, 1910
Neue Tagfalter-Formen aus Usambara, gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. J. Vosseler
Soc. Ent. 25 (2)
: 5-6
Talbot, 1932
New forms of African Lepidoptera
Bull. Hill Mus. 4
: 170-177
Thurau, 1903
Neue Rhopaloceren aus Ost Afrika. Ergebnisse der Nyassa-See-un Kenya-Gebirgs-Expedition der Hermann und Elise geb. Heckmann-Wentzel-Stiftung
Berl. ent. Z. 48
: 117-143
Trimen, 1873
On some new species of Butterflies discovered in Extra-Tropical Southern Africa
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1873 (2)
: 101-124, pl. 1
Westwood, 1881
Entomology in, Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls
in Oates, Matabeland
: 331-365, pl. E-H
Weymer, 1908
Einige neue Lepidopteren des Deutschen Entom. National-Museums, gesammelt von Dr. F. Cr. Wellman in Benguella
Dt. Ent. Zs. 1908
(4): 507-513,
(6): 728-735
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